National Science Foundation Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Science

2016

Selected Participant

US Environmental Protection Agency

2011
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2014

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship

Preventing Chronic Disease

2012

Student Research Contest Winner

University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

2011
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2012

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor

Overview

Overview

Ellen is an interdisciplinary population health researcher with expertise in spatial analysis. Her research focuses on how neighborhood, institutional, and structural factors contribute to health outcomes and disparities. She integrates data across clinical and community settings to inform health interventions and polices to advance health equity. Previously, Ellen was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry’s Clinical Services Research Training Program.

Cumulative Neighborhood Crime Effects on Early Childhood Socioemotional DevelopmentMay 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2017Role: First author, manuscript in progressRole Description: Investigating how cumulative exposure to neighborhood crime during prenatal, infancy, and early childhood periods affect socioemotional development outcomes for children. This work is part of Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood (CANDLE), a longitudinal birth cohort study in Memphis, TN.

Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index and Individual-Level Pediatric Acute Care Use and DiagnosesSep 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2017Role: First author, manuscript in press at PediatricsRole Description: The first study to evaluate the association between individual-level healthcare utilization and a novel composite measure of neighborhood context.

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